In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Gabor Maté, M.D.
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
222

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté, M.D. Book Summary

A “thought-provoking and powerful” study that reframes everything you’ve been taught about addiction and recovery—from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Myth of Normal (Bruce Perry, author of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog).

A world-renowned trauma expert combines real-life stories with cutting-edge research to offer a holistic approach to understanding addiction—its origins, its place in society, and the importance of self-compassion in recovery.

Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with people with addiction on Vancouver’s skid row, this #1 international bestseller radically re-envisions a much misunderstood condition by taking a compassionate approach to substance abuse and addiction recovery.
 
In the same vein as Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts traces the root causes of addiction to childhood trauma and examines the pervasiveness of addiction in society. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout—and perhaps underpins—our society. It is not a medical “condition” distinct from the lives it affects but rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional and neurological development, brain chemistry, and the drugs and behaviors of addiction.

Simplifying a wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, the book avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness.

Dr. Maté argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and how they perpetuate the War on Drugs. The mix of personal stories—including the author’s candid discussion of his own “high-status” addictive tendencies—and science with positive solutions makes the book equally useful for lay readers and professionals.

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Book Name In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Genre Self-Improvement
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Language English
E-Book Size 17.01 MB

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A Life-Enhancing Book. My mind has been opened with Mate's wisdom, my heart opened by his incredible compassion. Not only one of the most informative on human nature, but one of the most transformative as well. I am in awe.

A True Blessing. As an alcoholic I found this book more helpful than others I read due to the insights and practical steps Dr. Mate offers to the addicted brain. His advice has proven helpful to me as I learn to be self-compassionate versus self-critical. A must read, in my opinion.

Hungry Ghosts. I loved this book. I read it bc of one person and almost see everyone in it. It’s very sad but gives hope. When you see drug addicts as bad people, or someone who just makes bad choices, well, this a real eye opener. We need compassion, without letting it take over.

Outstanding. This book opened up so many doors for me that I was unable to see before. I feel like I was finally able to put the missing pieces of the puzzle together. Thank you Dr. Maté! Your work means so much to me.

Worth Reading, Exhaustive. This book is long and contains a great deal of useful information though I felt that much of it seemed repackaged. I felt that some of the author’s leniency toward drug use was challenging to accept.

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Summary of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté, M.D.

The In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts book written by Gabor Maté, M.D. was published on 05 January 2010, Tuesday in the Self-Improvement category. A total of 222 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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